Roof foiler for repairing shingles



May 22, 1956 J. .1. FRENCH ROOF FOILER FOR REPAIRING SHINGLES Filed Oct.8, 1953 Mm W J a NMJRN United States Patent 2,746,322 ROOF FOILER FORREPAIRING SHINGLES John Joseph French, Bellinghani, Wash.

Application October 8, 1953, Serial No. 384,963

1 Claim. (Cl. 81-3) This invention relates to tools and devices forrepairing a roof particularly of the wood shingle typein which theshingles split and decay, and in particular an applicator having achamber for a roll of foil with a blade extended from the chamber andadapted to feed the foil between, under, or over shingles whereby foilof aluminum or other metal or strips of paper may be installed over abreak or opening in a shingle with one end of the foil or tape securedby friction between upper and lower shingles.

The purpose of this invention is to provide a tool some- I what similarto an adhesive tape holder inwhich metal foil may be withdrawn from aroll, formed over the end of a blade and inserted under or betweenshingles with the blade whereby with the upper end of the foilfrictionally gripped by the shingles the lower part may be cut or tornat the lower end of a shingle to provide a protecting layer of foil overadamaged or worn portion of a shingle. 1

Wood shingles and particularly cedar shingles become brittle with ageand portions thereof, particularly around nails which hold the shinglesto a roof decay forming recesses in which water is retained and thewater eventually passes through the nail holes causing a leak. Woodshingles also split easily and after becoming brittle with age it isdifficult to drive nails through the shingles without splitting theshingles. For this reason this invention contemplates a device forinstalling metal foil over openings through wood shingleswithorwithoutnails and with the foil permanently secured in position over damaged Iparts of the shingles.

The object of this invention is, therefore, to provide tionallyheldbetween upper and lower shingles.

2,746,322 Patented May 122, [195.6

'=-Figure 2 is :a view showing a blank with the casing iscfonned.

Figure 3 is a :plan view of theapplicatorshowinglithe device-withea-strip of foil extended over the blade;

plicator of this invention includes an elongated blade 10 having acasing mounted on one end, the casing being formed with a base 11, wings12 and 13 forming end walls thereof, a tongue 14 extended from theforward edge providing a guide for the tape over 'the blade and anarcuate section 15 forming a rear .wall with a finger receiving opening16 therein and with tabs17 and 18 extended from the end and adapted tobe rolled'to form bearings for a pin 19, and a cover 20 havinga hub 21,and hooks 22 and 23 providing means for retaining the coverin positionon the casing.

The blade 10, which is formed with beveled corners, 24 and 25 on theextended end may be formed of steel or other suitable material, andthebase 11 of the casing may be securedto the blade by welding or othersuitable means.

As illustrated in Fig. 4 the rear wall 15 extends slightly 2 beyond theend of the blade 10 and is curved upwardly providing an arcute section26 in which the opening 16 is positioned whereby afinger of an operatormay be inserted through the opening to restrict outward movement of thefoil and also to provide means for rewinding excess foil on the roll. 7

The foil extends from a roll 27 in the casing, over the base 11 andbelow a rolled lower edge 28 on the extended end of the cover, the edgeor head 28 being spaced slightly above the upper surface of the base11.'

The hooks 22 and 23 are mounted with eyes, such as the eyes 29, shown inFig. Son the end walls 12 and 13 of the casing, the eyes being mountedin openings 30 and 31 of the end walls.

With the parts formed in this manner foil is withdrawn from the roll andthe extended end formed around the extended end of the plate 10, asshown in-Fig. 4 whereby with the end of the blade inserted betweenshingles, as shown in Fig. l the extended end of the Another object ofthe invention is to provide a device for installing metal foil or thelike over damaged parts of shingles in which the foil may be installedin a plurality of layers.

Alfurther object of the invention is to provide an applicator forpositioning foil or strips of other material over damaged parts ofshingles of a roof in which the applicator is of a simple and economicalconstruction.

With these and otherobjects and advantages in view the inventionembodies a substantially cylindrical casing having a door hinged to thecasing and positioned in one side thereof and a narrow thin bladeextended from the base of the casing and positionedto receive foil andthe like from a roll in the casing with the foil passing through a slotin the side of the casing from which the blade extends.

Other features and advantages of the invention will. appear fromthefollowing description taken in connection shingles of the roof.

life of the roof.

foil may be deposited over the upper edge of a shingle and the foildrawn downwardly to the lower end of,

the shingle at which point the foil may be torn or cut thereby providinga complete cover for a crack or opening in the shingle.

It will be understood that several layers of the foil may be positioned,one above the other on a shingle and the layers may be spaced laterallyas may be desired.

When the foil is to be used on shingles that are not loose, nails arenot required, however where shingles are loose, the shingles should benailed, after the foil is in position thereon. g

With this applicator, even a novice can apply'metal foil over breaks inshingles whereby the life of a roof is extended indefinitely. It will beunderstood that even paper applied to a roof in this manner will extendthe It will be understood that modifications, within the scope of theappended claim, may be made in the design and arrangement of the partswithout departingfrom.

the spirit of the invention.

What is claimed is:

A metal foil applicator comprising a substantially cylindrical casinghaving end walls, a base integral with said end walls, an arcuate rearwall integral with the References Cited in thefile of this patent baseand a cover hinged to the edge of the rear wall, and V v H UNITED STATESPATENTS extended over the edges of the end Walls, means on the baseengaging the cover for retaining the same in fixed 1243569 Taylor 1917xrelationto's'aid base an elongated blade upon one end 5 1718143 HfmmckJune 1929 of which the base of the casing is mounted, the edge of2167908 Rlchards 1939 .said cover being spaced from said base, and saidrear wall having a finger receiving opening therein said blade posi-=tioned to receive metal foil of a roll in the casing and adapted toinsert the foil between shingles of a roof. 10

